Someone is betting on a Crash in Sept? If it doesn't happen they are going to lose a lot of money. Around $700 Million if a market crash doesn't happen. If it does they pocket around 2 Billion. If this is correct information? (Short-sell options).

The fact that this latest activity by a single entity gambles on a complete collapse of the entire market by the third week in September, seems to indicate someone knows something really huge is in the works and they intend to profit almost $2 Billion within the next four weeks. This is really worrisome. Does someone have this much money to play with or say -- Burn?

"An anonymous investor has placed a bet on an index of Europe's top 50 stocks falling by a third by the end of September, as world equity markets plunged for a third day and volatility hit a three-year high."

Buffet is optimistic that the markets will not crash in the near future & sells financial instrument like insurance: Put option

Warren Buffet, the world's second richest person and arguably the best value investor has sold a form of insurance on the markets which would protect buyers from any falls in price of the underlying commodity (Something like a put option). This means that Buffett is placing his bets - actually a $US14 billion (AUD$19.6 billion) bet that global markets will not go into freefall. Buffet made this investment as a result of struggling to find suitable aquisitions large enough to boost Berkshire Hathaway's returns.....